Fellowship From the Brother Above – November 25, 2025 (Part Three)

What problems still exist in your work? From the day you accepted God’s commission, what things get in your way in your duty? What things can affect your service to God? What kind of mistakes are you most prone to making? What kind of problems are most likely to cause you to give up halfway through completing God’s commission? What kind of problems are most likely to cause you to walk the wrong path and betray God? You should all reflect on these questions. Tell me, what is the mistake that the majority of people are most prone to making? Are there people who look for a romantic partner while doing their duty? (Yes.) God’s house does not interfere with people finding a partner, but if you are in a relationship and have no mind to do your duty, and you delay the church’s work, then you have made a grave mistake. One day, when God’s work ends, and you are eliminated because of this mistake, will this not be an eternal shame? (It will.) Apart from this, there is also the pursuit of reputation and status, and vying for power and gain. These are also the gravest mistakes. Tell me, is it easy for a struggle for status to arise between the two group leaders in a decision-making group? (Yes.) If one person has a deep comprehension of the truth, fellowships on the truth in a relatively clear and practical way, or achieves good results in solving problems, while the other person becomes jealous, angry, and unwilling to fellowship, can they cooperate harmoniously? (No.) Then if you see that someone else fellowships with illumination, and that they fellowship better than you, view things in more depth, and are more principled in handling things than you, can you approve of them? Can you applaud them? Can you say, “You’ve done so well! Whenever I encounter something like this, I reveal a corrupt disposition and cannot act according to truth principles. You did better than me in this!” Is this easy to say? If you can’t say this, it shows that there is a problem with your mindset, that you are still jealous of others, and that you do not have normal humanity and reason. If others are better than us and possess strengths that we lack, and we can applaud and approve of them, is it then easy to cooperate harmoniously? (Yes.) If you can applaud and approve of others, how do you feel? Do you feel peace and joy? (Yes.) Then when you applaud others, what will they think? They will think, “I just said some correct words under the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, and they were able to applaud and approve of me. But I didn’t applaud them for the parts of their fellowship that were good and had illumination. Their mindset is better than mine, they are more broadminded than me, and they are more loving than me. I am ashamed of myself!” You see, by practicing in this way, not only do you have peace and joy in your heart, but you also let others feel your kindness and love, and they can get along with you harmoniously. Then is harmonious cooperation not easy to achieve? Therefore, to cooperate harmoniously, we must first learn to approve of others. We should learn from the strengths and merits others have, and not be jealous of them or exclude them. In addition, if others make a mistake or reveal some corruption, and they themselves are very remorseful, then we should not expose them. We can comfort them by saying, “We humans have been corrupted by Satan so deeply that we all have this aspect of corrupt disposition. My corrupt disposition in this aspect is also very serious. If a situation like yours befell me, I too may reveal corruption in this way, and I too may do such a thing.” When you say this, and they see that you can treat them correctly and be open about the corruptions you revealed, then they will feel ashamed, and the next time they reveal corruption, they will take the initiative to open their hearts and fellowship with you. If you are simple and open with them, then they too will be simple and open with you. In this way, you will be able to have a heart-to-heart exchange with them, and there will be no estrangement between you. So how can estrangement between people be erased and how can people come to have a heart-to-heart exchange? This can be achieved by learning to be simple and open, and by taking the initiative to expose one’s own defects and deficiencies. When the other party sees that you can put aside your pride and be simple and open, they will feel that you are relatively simple, and they will open their heart to you. If people open their hearts to one another like this, will it become easy to cooperate and get along harmoniously? (Yes.) Some people are petty and say, “If you don’t open your heart to me, then I won’t open my heart to you. If you don’t open up to me, then I won’t open up to you. If you don’t support me when I do something right or well, then I won’t support you when you do something right or well either.” Can doing this achieve harmonious cooperation? (No.) So now do you know what to do to cooperate harmoniously with others? If others don’t open up to you, then you are to take the initiative to open up to them. If they don’t speak from the heart to you, then you are to take the initiative to speak from the heart to them. If they don’t approve of you when you do something right, then you are to approve of them when they do something that is right, and if they show any good performances, you can even applaud them. In addition, if they really have some shortcomings, reveal some corruption, or do something wrong, and they feel self-reproach and remorse in their hearts, how should you treat them? At the very least, you cannot gloat at their misfortune. A despicable, base person gloats when they see others reveal corruption, thinking, “Serves you right! You’ve really embarrassed yourself this time. You’ve exposed your corruption, and now everyone’s going to look down on you. It wasn’t me making you suffer.” It is truly base for a person to have this mindset. When others have done something wrong or committed a transgression and feel remorse, we must comfort and help them. If we also have this aspect of corrupt revelation, we should open our hearts and talk to them about it, and fellowship on God’s intentions, making them understand that this is a normal revelation of corruption, saying, “If we pray to God, confess our sins, and achieve true repentance, God will forgive us.” If you support them with love in this way, talk about your experience, say some heartfelt words, and fellowship some truths, they will be able to gain some comfort. When they are comforted, they will admire you, and they’ll think, “This person is loving. When I was in the most pain and suffering, they were able to help me and speak to me from the heart. Such people are truly rare. It is my blessing to be able to cooperate with them in our duty. I have really found a confidant!” They will have a good impression of you in their hearts and be willing to cooperate with you. If you get along with people in this way, will it be easy to cooperate harmoniously and do your work well? (Yes.)

If you come across a co-worker who always has their own ideas, and their ideas do not accord with the truth, what should you do? If you were to say directly to them, “Your actions and words do not accord with the truth, and so I can’t cooperate with you. I have to prune you first,” would this be a good thing to do? (No, this would likely strain the relationship, making it even harder to do the work.) You cannot act recklessly according to your own will in this matter—you must act according to the situation. If this person has believed in God for a short time and their stature is still small, then you must fellowship the truth with them little by little to help and support them. You must not prune them directly just because you are eager to solve the problem. That would be counterproductive; haste makes waste. New believers are like newborn babies who understand nothing and do not even know how to eat or dress themselves. You should treat them with the same patient care that a mother gives her child. If you have no patience, they cannot grow up healthy. Therefore, when you discover someone doing things that cause disruptions and disturbances, do not start by pruning them. Instead, fellowship the truth with them first. If, after patiently fellowshipping the truth with them a few times, they still act arbitrarily and disrupt and disturb the work of the church, then you must reproach them. That is to say, before pruning them, you need to fellowship the truth with them a few times. If the problem cannot be solved after fellowship, then you are to prune them. If you just go straight to pruning them without going through the process of fellowshipping the truth a few times to help them, and if their stature is small and they cannot bear it, they will likely become resistant. Won’t this create a barrier between the two of you? (Yes.) Then it will be difficult for you to help them solve their problem. New believers need to be treated with love and patience. Take it step by step, and only prune them if fellowshipping the truth with them a few times still hasn’t achieved any results. If their problem can be solved through fellowshipping the truth, is there still any need to prune them? (No.) What should the grounds for pruning someone be? If you cannot solve the problem by fellowshipping the truth, and the other person still refuses to change despite repeated admonishments, then they should be pruned. If you observe them for a period of time and discover that they are not a right person, that they don’t pursue the truth, that they don’t accept the truth no matter how many times you fellowship with them, and that pruning them achieves no results as they always refuse to accept what you are saying and are not sincere in their duty, then there is no need to prune them anymore. Pruning them further will not solve the problem. You should fellowship on this matter with other co-workers. If it is determined that they are a person who doesn't accept the truth, then dismiss them quickly, or else the work of God’s house is liable to be delayed. Tell me, is it good to handle this kind of person in this way? Is it good to just keep on giving them chances indefinitely? (No.) If they don’t repent after being given three chances, then there is no need to give them any more chances, and at that point they can just be dismissed straight away. Some people might say, “Giving someone only three chances is not loving enough. The Lord Jesus said to forgive people seventy times seven times. If we are truly loving, we too must give people seventy times seven chances.” Does this have anything to do with the seventy times seven times spoken of by the Lord Jesus? The seventy times seven times spoken of by the Lord Jesus referred to forgiving people, not to giving people seventy times seven chances to serve as a leader or worker. These are two completely different things. In forgiving people, one can forgive seventy times seven times, but this is just a metaphor, and there are principles involved. Forgiveness also depends on the person you are forgiving. It isn’t the case that you must forgive everyone seventy times seven times. Just like with devils and Satans—can we forgive them seventy times seven times? (No.) We cannot forgive devils and Satans. Therefore, you cannot adhere to regulations in this matter. Instead, handle it in whatever way accords with principles. Do you understand? (Yes.) Being a leader or worker involves, in one respect, being able to patiently fellowship the truth, and in another, treating people with principles, being able to evaluate and treat people according to principles. If you discover that a person is not a right person, and that they are an evil person—and if when you prune them they get angry, try to argue and justify themselves, or even confront you, and they also cause disturbances in the church—then do not prune them anymore. You can just go ahead and dismiss them from their duty directly. For those who can accept the truth, we fellowship the truth to solve problems. If they can accept being pruned, and your pruning of them can truly achieve results, then we can make use of pruning. If pruning does not achieve results and is even counterproductive, then just dismiss them straight away. What do you think of this principle? (It is good.) You must adhere to this principle. This is of great benefit to you as leaders and workers. If you do not grasp this principle, you will be likely to have deviations in your work. If you discover an evil person among the leaders and workers, is it okay to use pruning to handle them? (No.) Remember, evil people never accept the truth, so God does not save evil people. All those who can be saved by God’s work in the last days are people who can accept the truth. As for someone who does not accept the truth, no matter how many times you fellowship the truth with them, they will not accept or practice it in the slightest. So, can you solve the problem by pruning them? It won’t solve any problem, and they will still act recklessly according to their own will, resulting in the disruption and disturbance of the church’s work. So how should such a person be treated? They should just be dismissed straight away. But when dismissing them, you must be wise. You can say, “Your stature is small right now, and your experience is too shallow. You cannot fellowship the truth, nor can you solve problems. You are not suitable to serve as a leader or worker right now. You should do another duty first. Wait until you have trained for a period of time and understand some truth. Then, when you become a leader or worker again at that point, you’ll be able to do the work well.” If you say this to them, it will be easy for them to accept their dismissal. If they can preach the gospel, get them to preach the gospel. Perhaps after preaching the gospel for a while, they will be able to accept the truth and gain some practical experience, and they will be able to fellowship on some truths regarding life entry. If that’s the case, they may be a leader or worker again. This kind of wise method should be used to prevent them from disturbing the work, and in this way, the church’s work can be upheld. The work of leaders and workers involves, in one respect, grasping the principles by which to treat people, and in another, grasping the principles by which to do work. The main work of leaders and workers is to lead people to eat and drink God’s words, to lead people to understand the truth and enter the truth reality, to lead people to do their duties well and bear good testimony, and to lead people to propagate the gospel of the kingdom and bring those chosen by God before God. These few things constitute the basic work of leaders and workers. If you do these most fundamental aspects of the work well and achieve results, then it shows that you have truth reality, and that you are up to standard as a leader or worker. If a leader or worker cannot fellowship the truth or lead people to eat and drink God’s words—if they read a few passages of God’s words but have no comprehension or understanding at all, and cannot share any enlightenment—then can such a person lead the brothers and sisters? (No.) Some people say, “The stature of the people in our church is too small. No matter who serves as a leader, they cannot share any experiential understanding of God’s words and they just talk about the literal meaning of God’s words. Everyone is like this.” If everyone has such stature, what should be done? Is it okay for the leaders and workers to all just resign? (No.) If everyone in the church is in this situation and there is no one better than the current leaders and workers, then if the leaders and workers resign, who will do the church’s work? Would this not affect the church’s work? Would this not just be giving up their duty and betraying God? Therefore, in this situation, they cannot just resign. Then how should the problem of being unable to fellowship the truth be solved? If you cannot fellowship deep understanding, then fellowship something shallower. Everyone should practice fellowshipping a few words and supplement each other, and share whatever understanding they have. If nobody has anything left to say after sharing a few words of their understanding, then you can lead the brothers and sisters to watch an experiential testimony video or a movie clip. By watching how others experience things and come to know the truth, brothers and sisters will be able to understand some truths and make some gains. This is much better than you spouting words and doctrines when you have no true experiential understanding. Is this a good method to use? (Yes.) There is another method that can be used. If the brothers and sisters in the church have believed in God for a short time and cannot fellowship experiential understanding after reading God’s words, but there happen to be brothers and sisters in other churches who have experiential understanding, you can invite them to attend your gathering and to fellowship with everyone. For example, if you want to fellowship on the matter of preaching the gospel but you have never preached the gospel, you will not be able to provide any fellowship on the truth of preaching the gospel, and as soon as you speak, all that will come out will just be doctrine. In that case, you can find someone from elsewhere who has experience in preaching the gospel to help you. What do you think of this method? (It is good.) Therefore, when you encounter problems in your work that you cannot solve, you can find someone who understands the truth to help fellowship with everyone. In this way, will the problem not be easily solved? (Yes.)